Signal
Company

Last deal

$60K

Amount

Venture - Series Unknown

Stage

08.02.2019

Date

3

all rounds

$60.16M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
Signal is a people-based marketing platform that collects and synchronizes data in real-time.

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Also Known As

BrightTag, Signal Digital

founded date

26.09.2009

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Venture - Series Unknown

IPO status

Private

Description

Signal's Open Data Platform allows marketers to collect data from offline and online sources, synchronize it across all touchpoints, and distribute it to marketing and analytics endpoints in real-time. With over 8,000 brands and digital agencies relying on Signal's technology, the platform works seamlessly with different marketing technologies to improve the effectiveness of data-driven marketing strategies. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Chicago, Signal is a SaaS provider that empowers people-based marketers to deliver personalized and relevant experiences across all channels.
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Signal Digital, Inc.
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People

Founders
3
Mike Sands
Mike Sands

Mike Sands

Prior to joining Signal, Mike was part of the original Orbitz management team and held the positions of CMO and COO. While at Orbitz, Mike helped take the business from start-up to IPO, then through two acquisitions (Cendant and Blackstone). After Orbitz, Mike joined The Pritzker Group as a partner on their private equity team. Mike also has held management roles at General Motors Corporation and Leo Burnett. His work at General Motors led him to be named a “Marketer of the Next Generation” by Brandweek magazine. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from Northwestern University and a Masters in Management degree from the J.L. Kellogg School of Management. Mike also sits on the Signal board.

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Marc Kiven
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Eric Lunt
Eric Lunt

Eric Lunt

Prior to joining BrightTag, Eric was co-founder and CTO of FeedBurner, which Google acquired in 2007. After the acquisition, Eric remained at Google in a senior technology role. Prior to FeedBurner, Eric co-founded and served as CTO at Spyonit.com (acquired by 724 Solutions), served as lead technical architect at Digital Knowledge Assets (creators of the collaborative personal publishing software “sceneServer”), and helped to lead the application architecture team in Accenture’s next generation technology group known as “Project Eagle.” Eric graduated from Princeton University with a B.S.E. in Mechanical Engineering and a Certificate in Applied Computational Mathematics. In addition to his work at BrightTag, Eric is a senior technology advisor to Twitter and he also sits on the board of Gnip. Eric was recognized as one of Crain’s Tech 25 for his contributions to drive technology growth in Chicago.

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Sierra Hinson

Sierra Hinson

CFO

Kelly Davis

Kelly Davis

SVP, Customer Operations

Lisa Weinstein

Lisa Weinstein

President & CEO

Michelle Tangorra

Michelle Tangorra

Director, Client Delivery

Shahan Mohideen

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Charly Cogger

Customer success director

Madeline Baker

Head designer

Michael Hand

Michael Hand

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